Overview
- Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by ICE on March 25 after her visa was revoked, allegedly due to her pro-Palestinian activism.
- A State Department memo revealed no evidence linking Ozturk to antisemitism or terrorism, undermining the Trump administration's public accusations against her.
- Ozturk's attorneys are challenging the constitutionality of her detention and visa revocation, arguing it infringes on her rights to free speech and due process.
- Ozturk has detailed unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the Louisiana ICE facility, including inadequate medical care for her asthma and the removal of her hijab without consent.
- A Vermont federal court hearing is underway to address jurisdictional issues and her petition for release, with her legal team seeking to move the case out of Louisiana.